Karnataka

Moodbidri, May 21: Hip hip hurray… hip hip hurray… the cheering came louder and louder as the bikers enthralled the audiences with their stunt riding include wheelies, stoppies and burnouts. The loveliest weather in Mijar, Shobhavana, on Sunday, made much of the racing enthusiasts to witness spectacular bike stunts, flips to leave them in memorization. Alva’s Motorig 2017, shifting expectation

Ahmedabad, May 21: The 2002 Gujarat carnage, one of the worst instances of communal violence since Independence will now not be referred to as ‘anti-Muslim riots’ in the NCERT textbooks. It will be instead referred to as the “Gujarat riots” henceforth. According to a national English daily, the decision was taken at a review meeting where representatives of the Central Board of Secondary Education

Mangaluru, May 21: Taking care of orphans and destitute children and providing them both religious and material education are noble needs that can bring positive changes in the society, said Y Abdulla Kunhi, Chancellor, Yenepoya University. He was speaking after inaugurating the new floor of the Khairiya Shelters, a home for orphan, poor and destitute girls, run by Khairiya Trust at Babbukatte

Mangaluru, May 21: Both the drivers lost their lives when two Eicher trucks moving in the opposition directions collided with each other on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway at Golithottu on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. The deceased drivers have been identified as Manjunatha (27), son of Kallappa from Shikaripur and Nagesh (22), son of Thoppayya from Bengaluru. While the former died on the spot

Los Angeles, May 21: In great news for India, scientists at NASA have named a new organism discovered by them after the much-loved A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Till date, the new organism — a form of bacteria — has been found only on the International Space Station (ISS) and has not been found on earth! Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the foremost lab of NASA for work on interplanetary

Bengaluru, May 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party top brass is likely to send Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to Karnataka for campaigning for the 2018 Assembly polls as the state leaders of the party have failed to their infighting. According to sources, the state BJP leaders also have suggested the high command to ask the politician in sadhu attire to spend a few days in Karnataka ahead

Bengaluru, May 21: A young software engineer from Haliyal in Uttara Kannada has committed suicide by hanging at his friend's house at Hebbal in Bengaluru two days ago due to depression after his girlfriend broke up with him. The police have booked the victim’s girlfriend and her fresh boyfriend on charges of abetment and are yet to arrest them. Sunil Kumar (28) was living with his brother Sathish

Mangaluru, May 21: Suhail Kandak has been elected General Secretary of the Karnataka state unit of the Indian Youth Congress. Suhail Kandak, who hails from Mangaluru, has served as the secretary of Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Youth Congress so far. Ever enthusiastic Suhail has associated himself with the party activities for several years. He was one of the organisers of recently held

Riyadh, May 21: President Donald Trump basked in Saudi Arabia's lavish royal welcome and Arabian style hospitality as he left behind, at least temporarily, the snowballing controversies dogging him in Washington. Trump rewarded his hosts with a USD 110 billion arms package aimed at bolstering Saudi security and a slew of business agreements. "That was a tremendous day, tremendous investments in

Bengaluru, May 21: Heavy rains lashed the city throwing normal life out of gear last night. Several parts of the city plunged into darkness, and trees were uprooted in many places. Blustery winds blew away a part of the metal roof at the MG Road Metro station. Rajkumar (24), a JCB operator, fell into a stormwater drain in Kurubarahalli, near Basaveshwaranagar. He remained untraced till midnight as